Thames House is an office development in London on the bank of the River Thames adjacent to Lambeth Bridge. It has served as the headquarters of the British Security Service agency, commonly known as MI5, since December 1994. The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Length 346 km Elevation of the source 110 m Average discharge entering Oxford: 17. ... Lambeth Bridge is a road traffic and foot bridge crossing the River Thames in an east-west direction in central London; the river flows north at the crossing point. ... United States Secret Service Secret Service Categories: Disambiguation ... Current MI5 headquarters in Thames House, London MI5, officially called the Security Service, is one of the British secret service agencies. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

MI5 headquarters at Thames House, seen from the Lambeth side of the River Thames.

The building was constructed in 1929-30 to designs by Sir Frank Baines, of the Government's Office of Works. It is a uniform but not identical design to Nobel House which is opposite it on the north side of Horseferry Road; while Nobel House was exclusively for Imperial Chemical Industries, Thames House had originally various uses. Baines' design owes much to the 'Imperial Neoclassical' tradition of Sir Edwin Lutyens and deliberately ties in with the Imperial design of Lambeth Bridge when it was redesigned from 1929. High up on the frontage are statues by C.S. Jagger. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... ICIs logo. ... Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens OM (March 29, 1869 - January 1, 1944), was arguably the greatest British architect of the 20th century. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The archway, showing the GMW infill extension built for MI5.

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As MI5 headquarters

The disperse and dilapidated state of its previous buildings in Curzon Street House (since demolished) and 140, Gower Street (also demolished) led MI5 to seek a new home in the late 1980s. The Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) were engaged in a simultaneous hunt for new headquarters and consideration was given to co-location of the two. However this proposal was abandoned, due to the lack of buildings of adequate size (existing or proposed) and the security considerations of providing a single target for attacks. At the same time, Thames House, which was largely used as government offices, came vacant and it was decided to convert it for MI5's use. The GMW Partnership undertook the necessary reconstruction work from 1990, which included part infilling of the archway one third down the building. The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), more commonly known as MI6 (originally Military Intelligence Section 6), or the Secret Service, is the United Kingdom external security agency. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Thames House now stands almost opposite the headquarters of its sister organisation MI6, at 85, Vauxhall Cross. The SIS building at Vauxhall Cross, London, seen from Vauxhall Bridge The SIS building, seen from Millbank The opposite side of the building, seen from Vauxhall Cross The SIS Building, also commonly known as the MI6 Building, is the headquarters of the British Secret Intelligence Service, otherwise known as MI6... The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), more commonly known as MI6 (originally Military Intelligence Section 6), or the Secret Service, is the United Kingdom external security agency. ... This article is about the town of Vauxhall, for Vauxhall the vehicle manufacturer, see Vauxhall Motors. ...

See also

• SIS Building - Headquarters of MI6

The SIS building at Vauxhall Cross, London, seen from Vauxhall Bridge The SIS building, seen from Millbank The opposite side of the building, seen from Vauxhall Cross The SIS Building, also commonly known as the MI6 Building, is the headquarters of the British Secret Intelligence Service, otherwise known as MI6... The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), more commonly known as MI6 (originally Military Intelligence Section 6), or the Secret Service, is the United Kingdom external security agency. ...

External links

• National Audit Office report on the building conversion (PDF)
• MI5 Architecture in London